Dream Cymbals Bliss Paper Thin Series
Dream Cymbals announced the arrival of their Paper Thin series. The flagship Bliss series is designed to attract players with a sensitive ear and demanding touch. Since 2008 the Bliss…
MusicNomad Premium Workstation
The MusicNomad Premium Workstation is a combination pack that includes everything a player needs to outfit a repair bench whether it be for a retail establishment or home. This kit…
Bittree Names Baron GM
Bittree has appointed longtime industry veteran Ari Baron as general manager (GM). The news was announced by Glenn Garrard, CEO. With over two decades of experience in the pro audio,…
Music & Arts Announces Semi-finalists for 2016 ‘Music Educator of the Year’
Earlier this year, leading school music retailer, Music & Arts, opened nominations for its annual Music Educator of the Year award. Applications poured in from across the country, but after…
First Artists Confirmed for Musikmesse 2017 Drum Camp, Guitar Camp
Visitors to Musikmesse 2017 can look forward to getting closer to music stars than at any concert. The Drum Camp and the Guitar Camp present exclusive performances by world-famous artists…
Peavey adds Piranha cab to Micro Head
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76 Trombones Led The Big… Wait, Make That 39 Trombones
Music’s age of glorious excess, the one epitomized in the hard-rock parody “This Is Spinal Tap”, or in the less-celebrated and already-cancelled HBO series “Vinyl,” has been over for some…
The Last Dinosaur
I began my career delivering Lowrey organs in the summer of 1984. From the day I started I was told, “You missed it.” Industry data shows I missed the heyday…
Go East, Young Man! (Well, Not Necessarily Physically)
I’m writing this issue’s editorial from the Music China show in Shanghai and, just as in previous years, what I’m struck by – not just at the Expo Centre, where…
Drumming Up Profits
‘Start-up’ Drum Kits in 2016 First things first: for the purposes of this roundtable, “entry-level” doesn’t refer to full drum kits (minus hardware, cymbals, throne – yes, yes…) that can…
Eric Ewazen “Eternal Spring (A Hudson River Idyll) for Two Flutes and Piano”
Theodore Presser Company has published Eric Ewazen’s “Eternal Spring (A Hudson River Idyll) for Two Flutes and Piano.” Composed for trumpeter Robert Sullivan as a eulogy for his wife, bassoonist Robin…
JHS launches Christmas stocking
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